Waiting Around To Die Chords by Townes Van Zandt

_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes I don't know where this [F#m] dirty road has taken me _ _
[C#m] Sometimes I don't even know the [G#m] reason why
But [C#m] I guess I keep a-gambling, [C#] lots of booze and [F#m] lots of rambling
_ _ _ [C#m] Well it's easier than [G#m] just a-waiting [C#m] around to die _ _ _ _ _
All one time friends I had a ma, [F#m] even had a pa
Well [C#m] he beat her with a bell once cause [G#m] she cried
_ [C#m] She told him to take care of me, [F#m] headed down to Tennessee
_ _ _ [C#m] Well it's easier than [G#m] just a-waiting [C#m] around to die _ _ _
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Came of age and I found a [F#m] girl in a Tuscaloosa bar _
[C#m] Aw she cleaned me out and hit it on the [G#m] slide _ _
[C#m] Well I tried to kill the pain, I [F#m] bought some wine and hopped a train
_ _ _ [C#m] Seemed easier than [G#m] just a-waiting [C#m] around to die _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then a friend said he knew [F#m] where some easy money was
[C#m] We robbed a man and brother did [G#m] we fly
_ [C#m] But the posse caught up with me and [F#m] drug me back to Muskogee _
_ _ [C#m] And it's two long [G#m] years of waiting [C#m] around to die
_ _ _ _ _ Aw but now I'm out of prison, [F#m] they got me a friend at last _
[C#m] He don't drink or steal or [G#m] cheat or lie
Aw [C#m] his name's Cole Dean and [F#m] he's the nicest thing I've seen
_ _ [C#m] Well together we're gonna [G#m] wait around [C#m] and die
_ Yeah together we're gonna [G#m] wait around [C#m] and die
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